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Re: Penn State accusations

Maybe what I said was wrong in hindsight, but I think crimes and offenses going unreported to the police by head coaches is more apparant than people think. Players would never want to play for a guy that reports them to the police if they have any sort of criminal capability in them, and the coaches may not want to coach for a guy that reports their issues to the police. (yes it sounds cruel, but it's obvious Sandusky isn't a very sane person)

The only thing close to this seriousness (at least in the major public) the last few years was the dogfighting ring by Michael Vick, and it also seemed in that situation that at least players and maybe coaches had to of ignored that situation until the authorities show up and then all of a sudden everyone comes out.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

Re: Penn State accusations

Maybe what I said was wrong in hindsight, but I think crimes and offenses going unreported to the police by head coaches is more apparant than people think.

You might be right. But rape and murder are mentioned together very often because they are such heinous crimes. A coach being complicit in a tattoo-for-merch scandal is probably illustrative of common occurrence in today's NCAA but unreported rape? I hope it hasn't come to that.

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Re: Penn State accusations

How many lives will Jerry Sandusky have ruined by the end of tonight? Hopefully, his terror does not claim any students or police. All we can do is hope at this point, but this crowd has all the makings of a riot waiting to happen. Just one thing needs to happen to set them off.

Re: Penn State accusations

One thing is worth saying (bearing in mind that I am 100% in favor of the removal of Paterno): He is far from the only one to have failed the victims of these crimes.

People are making the mistake of thinking that Paterno is the only one getting sacked. Trust me when I say, that entire athletic department is getting overhauled. Don't make JoePa any kind of sympathetic figure.

Re: Penn State accusations

I'm sorry Trader Joe, but I think you are being completely unfair here with who you are calling disgusting. ONE MAN (allegedly, though all evidence supports that he did) committed these acts. TWO MEN knew about it and did nothing. Joe Paterno knew about it and reported it to those two men and they did nothing. Could JoePa have done more? Obviously. But he did what he should have done and it isn't his fault that the other two did jack ****. Still, you are painting Penn St with much to broad a brush. Of course the students will be angry JoePa is out- he lead them for 45 years, most of which they were in the national spotlight.

I agree that Sandusky is a terrible person and deserves the worst the law can legally dish to him. But calling essentially everyone related to Penn State "disgusting" is too far.